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E F. TRUMP. LINK FOR OPERATING THE ANNULAR SERIES OF GATES FOR TURBINE WATER WHEELS.

No 109,560. Patented Nov. 22, 1 870.

HIV/,4 I Ill l r/% ///////////m amiasome two I can FULLER TRUMP, or SPRINGFIELD, OHIO, ASSIGNOR TO JAMES LEF'FEL & 00., on SAME'PLAGE.

Letters PatentNo. 109,560, dated November 22, 1870.

BMPROVEIVIENT m LINKS FOR OPERATING THE ANNLILAR SERIES OF GATES. FOR/TURBINE WATER-WHEELS.

I The schedule refen'od to in than Letters Patent and m'axmg part of'the name.

To all whom itmay concern:

Be a known that I, FULLER TRUMP, "or Springfieh l',

in the'county of Clark andState of Ohio, harminvented a new and useful Improvement in .Linksfor Operating the Gates of Water-Wheelsj-and I do hereby declare that .the following is a full', cl eai', and exact description of the same, reference being had tothe annexed drawing making part of this specification. in which- B'rgm e 1 is aplan view of the link-rod and foot. as

completed Figure 2 is a similar view'of the same without the metal which connects the 'two p'arts;

Figure 3 is a longitudinal section of thesame; and l Figure 4 is a plan view, showing the link-rod and foot as they are connectedwith-the gate and operating-ring. In the several figures the same letters are employed. in. the designation of identical parts.

This improvement is intended for application to'the oscillating gates of watenwheels' operated upon the principle of those set forth in the patents issued'to James Lefi'el originally on the 14tlrday of January, A. D. 1862, the liuku'odand foot being intended to connect the gatesv with-the ring or collar by which the gates are simultaneously operated. L. It has been found, in practice, that it was very difficult to adjust the rods or links so as to not uniformly upon anumber of gates where the rods were rigidly attached to'the link-foot and to the ringor collar;

.and it is to facilitate this adjustment, by the adoption of a mode at once cheap and accurate, that this improvement is intended.

In the annexed draw-ing A is the link-foot, which rests upon the flange of the crown-plate immediately above the oscillating gates B.

A pin projecting upward from the gate passes through a slot in the flange ot' the crown-plate; and enters'the foot A, to which itis secured, through the hole a.

The rod or link D is attached at one end to the collar or ring 0, and at the other to the foot A I These rods have heretofore been attached, either rigidly or bymeans of two set-screws,- by means of which the length of the rods could be adjusted. ,My. improvement combines the advantages of both' the rigid and the adjustable connection, and is*cheaperthan either in the saving of time.

- The foot is formed with a chamber, at'a to receive the-liuk-rod D, which may have a screw-thread or-groovejcutnpon its end, which extends into the chamber.

A hole is left ill-the top at a. When the gates are in place, the rods!) are hooked or otherwise attached to the ring 0 or other equivalent part by which the gates are tobe operated, and h their other ends passed ilito the chamber a in the What I claim as .my invention, and desireto secure by Letters Patent, is-

- The chambered foot A and rods D, attached by o 'hard fusible material, and used-in combinationwith the oscillating gates of a water-wheel, substantially in the manner and for the purpose 'set forth.

In testimony whereof, I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing \Vitnesses:

W. A. SCOTT, -JAs. S. Goons. 

